This repository is an umbrella repository with git sub-module references to all of the components of cpp-ethereum, the Ethereum C++ client. The project was initiated by Gavin Wood, the former CTO of the Ethereum Foundation, in December 2013. It is the second most popular of the clients, trailing a long way behind the dominant geth client, also built by the Ethereum Foundation.
Read more about the project at the cpp-ethereum Homepage.
See Contributors for the full list of everybody who has worked on the code.
The following individuals are currently employed or contracted by the Ethereum Foundation for C++ client work:
- Greg Colvin
- Liana Husikyan
- Dimitry Khoklov
- Yann Levreau
- Christian Reitwiessner - C++ Lead
- Bob Summerwill
To run the tests, make sure you clone https://github.com/ethereum/tests and point the environment variable
ETHEREUM_TEST_PATH
to that path.
External contributions are more than welcome! We try to keep a list of tasks that are suitable for newcomers under the tag good first task. If you have any questions, please ask in our gitter channel.
Please refer to the file CONTRIBUTING.md for some guidelines.
Please read CodingStandards.txt thoroughly before making alterations to the code base. Please do NOT use an editor that automatically reformats whitespace away from astylerc or the formatting guidelines as described in CodingStandards.txt.
All development goes in develop branch - please don't submit pull requests to master.
All contributions are made under the GPLv3 license. See LICENSE.